President Charles led the three CMM compatriots that participated in the Virginia SAR ceremony celebrating President James Monroe's birthday at his home, Highland, near Jefferson's Monticello.  President Jameson presented the chapter wreath and all three primary members participated in the Color Guard.  Michael Dennis also participated in the musket volleys.

video of wreath presentations available here.

     Commemorating Patriots Day, the Virginia SAR participated in a ceremony hosted by the Fairfax Resolves Chapter and attended by the CMM on Zoom.  Four CMM compatriots participated, led by President Charles Jameson, who presented the chapter wreath, Color Guard Commander Michael Dennis, who participated in the filming of the Color Guard at Pohick Church, Doug Schwetke, and Bill Schwetke.  All CMM participants were part of the Color Guard.
     Patriots Day marks the battles of Lexington and Concord, where the first shots of the American Revolution were fired.

     Today was a productive day at Culpeper Masonic Cemetery for the Culpeper Minutemen Chapter.  We comemorated Patriots Day, marked General Edward Stevens' grave, and gathered and blessed Virginia Soil for Waxhaws.  Six chapter members, and three dual members participated in the program.  Participants in the program included Virginia SAR President Jeff Thomas, Virginia Order of Founders and Patriots of America Governor Michael Weyler, and members of six SAR chapters, two DAR Chapters, and one C.A.R. society.

Information for your Patriot Grave Marking Medal Form.  Are you tracking your accomplishments? - participate in marking a total of 15 similar graves and you're eligible for the NSSAR Patriot Grave Marking Medal.

North Carolina, on April 12, 1776, authorized her delegates to the Continental Congress to vote for independence. This was the first official action by a colony calling for independence. The 83 delegates present in Halifax at the Fourth Provincial Congress unanimously adopted the Halifax Resolves, which read as follows:

The Select Committee taking into Consideration the usurpations and violences attempted and committed by the King and Parliament of Britain against America, and the further Measures to be taken for frustrating the same, and for the better defence of this province reported as follows, to wit,

It appears to your Committee that pursuant to the Plan concerted by the British Ministry for subjugating America, the King and Parliament of Great Britain have usurped a Power over the Persons and Properties of the People unlimited and uncontrouled and disregarding their humble Petitions for Peace, Liberty and safety, have made divers Legislative Acts, denouncing War Famine and every Species of Calamity daily employed in destroying the People and committing the most horrid devastations on the Country. That Governors in different Colonies have declared
Protection to Slaves who should imbrue their Hands in the Blood of their Masters. That the Ships belonging to America are declared prizes of War and many of them have been violently seized and confiscated in consequence of which multitudes of the people have been destroyed or from easy Circumstances reduced to the most Lamentable distress.
And whereas the moderation hitherto manifested by the United Colonies and their sincere desire to be reconciled to the mother Country on Constitutional Principles, have procured no mitigation of the aforesaid Wrongs and usurpations and no hopes remain of obtaining redress by those Means alone which have been hitherto tried, Your Committee are of Opinion that the house should enter into the following Resolve, to wit
Resolved that the delegates for this Colony in the Continental Congress be impowered to concur with the other delegates of the other Colonies in declaring Independency, and forming foreign Alliances, resolving to this Colony the Sole, and Exclusive right of forming a Constitution and Laws for this Colony, and of appointing delegates from time to time (under the direction of a general Representation thereof to meet the delegates of the other Colonies for such purposes as shall be hereafter pointed out.

The Halifax Resolves were important not only because they were the first official action calling for independence, but also because they were not unilateral recommendations. They were instead recommendations directed to all the colonies and their delegates assembled at the Continental Congress in Philadelphia.

Virginia followed with her own recommendations soon after the adoption of the Halifax Resolution, and eventually on July 4, the final draft of the Declaration of Independence was signed. William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, and John Penn were the delegates from North Carolina who signed the Declaration of Independence.

Information for your Patriot Grave Marking Medal Form.  Are you tracking your accomplishments? - participate in marking a total of 15 similar graves and you're eligible for the NSSAR Patriot Grave Marking Medal.

learn more:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sybil_Ludington